Principal Software Engineer

Hybrid: 2 days per week in-office. Location: Tower Bridge (once per month to Fleet).

About Tempcover: Tempcover is at the forefront of the fast-growing world of short term insurance. Our mission is to make car insurance flexible, quick, and easy for drivers. We have sold millions of policies that have helped drivers get where they need to go, but we are not finished there. We are growing our team to help us continue in that mission. If you are extraordinary at what you do and want to be a part of a rapidly growing business at the cutting edge of the Insurtech industry, we would love to hear from you.

Tempcover is investing heavily in modernising our technology to power the next growth phase of our business. We are looking for a Principal Engineer who can bring a depth and breadth of experience to help shape this journey; working in a role with a high level of ownership, empowerment, impact and mentorship. Each engineer plays an integral role in the development, delivery, maintenance, and support of our insurance-based systems, both public-facing and internal. We are looking for a Principal Engineer to serve as the technical anchor for our organisation. In this high-impact role, you will move beyond individual contribution to shape the future of our technology. You will unify multiple teams towards a technical strategy together with our long-term company vision.

What you will be doing:

• You will set the new standard for large-scale system architecture.
• You will lead by example, personally designing and delivering high quality code which builds systems that are resilient, scalable, and observable, ensuring they can handle our next phase of growth.
• You will lead the evolution of our platform and will act as the bridge between technical estate and business requirements, ensuring stakeholders understand the "why" behind technical decisions and tradeoffs, and helping engineers understand how we can get there.
• Teams will look to you for guidance and you will serve as the escalation point for the most complex technical decisions.
• You will be mentoring and pairing with senior and staff engineers, helping them grow into technical leaders and foster a culture of technical excellence and continuous learning.

What we are looking for:

• Experience of having worked on, and led, modernisation initiatives, using techniques like the Strangler Fig.
• The highest level of proficiency designing, developing, operating and improving highly observable applications using Golang and other modern languages.
• Deep understanding of AWS and AWS products like Lambdas, DynamoDB, etc but also comfortable or with tracked experience in Azure and Azure DevOps.
• Knowledge of containerisation and IaC (Terraform, Pulumi, SST).
• Experience with technologies like Cloudflare or similar.
• A solid understanding of development methodologies and design patterns.
• Proficiency with C# ASP.NET, .Net Core are a plus. React, Typescript, Astro, NodeJS are also a nice to have.

What we offer:

• 10% discretionary yearly bonus and yearly pay reviews (based on RVU and personal performance).
• A hybrid working approach with 2 in-office days per week and up to 22 working days per year to "work from anywhere".
• Employer matching pension contributions up to 7.5%.
• A one-off £300 "Work from Home" budget to help contribute towards a great work environment at home.
• Excellent maternity, paternity, shared parental and adoption leave policy, for those key moments in your life.
• 25 days holiday (increasing with years of employment to 30 days) + 2 days "My Time" per year.
• Private medical cover, critical illness cover and employee assistance programme.
• A healthy learning and training budget.
• Electric vehicle and cycle to work schemes.
• Regular events - from team socials to company-wide events with insightful external speakers, we want to make sure our colleagues continue to feel connected.

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